Please Help

[Burn]

I'm trying to backup Ice Wind Dale 2 using BlindWrite. In the log it claims it's done a good image copy, then when I go to put the image onto CD BlindWrite keeps ignoring the progology so I'm not getting a copy that will work. It’s really starting to P*** me off I'm using a Lite-on Combo LTC-48161HK0N Which I just got today.

 

[weboneando]

Try using Alcohol

 

[Burn]

Try using Alcohol

I thought BlindWrite was better than alcohol, thats why I brought it. Or is it that Alcohol is better for the older games? Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it

 

[PC-GUY]

I thought BlindWrite was better than alcohol, thats why I brought it. Or is it that Alcohol is better for the older games? Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it

I understood it as CloneCD was good for older games and Alcohol was good for everything. I find Alcohol to be the best at copying games.

 

[stone_burner]

Icewind Dale II isn't copy protected. You can copy it with anything including nero, burnatonce or even ezcd cre(m)ator.

 

[Burn]

Well I've tried CloneCD, BlindWrite, and even nero and It does not want to copy I haven't any idea why. Anyone got any ideas? I've just done a scan using A-Ray Scanner and it found 3 bad sectors. Is this why it wont copy? I'm not sure what it means when it says it found 3 bad sectors are they bad files in the game or somthing.

 

[PC-GUY]

I agree with stone_burner you can copy it with any program. The only protection from what I've read is on it is CD-Check. So to fix that all you need is No-CD patch. This is the definition I found for CD-Checks:
<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="105" bgcolor="#aaaaaa">Protection</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#aaaaaa">:</td> <td valign="top">CD-Checks</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="105" bgcolor="#aaaaaa">Info</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#aaaaaa">:</td> <td valign="top">This is the most common protection which is used to check if the CD is available or not. It is not really used as a Copy Protection.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="105" bgcolor="#aaaaaa">Backup Solution</td> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#aaaaaa">:</td> <td valign="top">Separate patches are needed as there is no generic tool which removes CD-Checks. There are countless ways to check for the CD making it impossible! For older games there is a utility called Un-CDCheck. This utility can remove a common CD-Check from about 60% of the older games!

</td></tr></tbody> </table> Protection Info No-CD patches remove the CD-Check from a game (or application) so the CD (or backup CD) is not needed in the CD-ROM to play it. Usually additional data needs to be copied from the CD to the installation to get it to work.

 

[Burn]

Thanks for all your help guys, but it looks like I was a little late on learning how to backup my games/software. After hours of scanning and testing and getting a head ache I found that one of the files has got corrupted so looks like I won’t be able to play it anymore. This is a perfect example why we should back our stuff up. But like I said thanks for the help anyway.

 

[woody]

Try cleaning the disc before you give up.Also try a slow read speed,like 2X.It sounds like a scratch.There are also disc cleaning kits that use a mild abrasive.I've heard Brasso works.Might be worth a try.

 

[stone_burner]

Other things to try are-

1. CloneCD with regenerate data sectors option checked (use edited Data CD profile)
2. CloneCD read at low speed with cue generated; image burn with fireburner at low speed using (important) sao cooked.
3. discdump read (standard mode) with fireburner write at low speed using sao cooked.

Note that whilst option 1 above is the easiest, options 2 and 3 are much more reliable for getting a good copy of a damaged though unprotected cd. Options 2 and 3 enable all readable sectors to be extracted whilst burning using sao cooked repairs the damaged sectors; as a result those methods rarely fail so long as the original cd isn't copy protected.